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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dave
- A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.
1994, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press, published 2004, →ISBN, pages 169, 170:David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.
- A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).
- (very rare) A female given name.
Translations
male given name
- Greek: Ντέιβ (Ntéiv) (transliteration from English)
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Anagrams
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Etymology
From English Dave, diminutive of David.
Proper noun
Dave
- a male given name
Quotations
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